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Obsession Director Reveals Surprise New Release Coming This Week

Curry Barker, director of the indie hit Obsession, returns to YouTube with a new short film just in time for Halloween. Obsession had an incredible box office run and quickly became the talk of the town. Director Curry Barker amassed thousands of fans all over the world within weeks. Barker is currently working on Anything but Ghosts, a comedy-horror flick set for release in 2027, but there's something that fans can look forward to before then. T…

 •  Polygon
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Hollywood's Adult Animation Is Finally Catching Up to the World

Wildwood and Ray Gunn prove something animation fans have known for decades — cartoons aren't just for kids Waits’ more notable role this year is as Eyera (pronounced like "Ira"), the alien sidekick in Brad Bird’s noir sci-fi mashup Ray Gunn. However, he gets an equally important, if slightly lower-billed part in Laika studio’s new stop-motion fantasy epic, Wildwood, in which he plays Maksim, the ravenous, bipedal coyote leading an army of wild c…

 •  Polygon